Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun raveling

1 sense of raveling

Sense 1
raveling, ravelling -- (a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric)
       => fiber, fibre -- (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)

Antonyms of verb ravel

1 of 2 senses of ravel

Sense 2
ravel, tangle, knot -- (tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story")
       Antonym of unravel (Sense 2)
      => ravel, unravel, ravel out -- (disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?")
       Antonym of unravel (Sense 1)
      => unravel, unknot, unscramble, untangle, unpick -- (become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ravel

2 senses of ravel

Sense 1
ravel, unravel, ravel out -- (disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?")
       => disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out -- (extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?")

Sense 2
ravel, tangle, knot -- (tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story")
       => intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace -- (spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts")